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Personal info

Full name
HAMMERLOF, Bertil Emanuel
Date of birth
26 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31349905
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
274th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Wingen-sur-Moder, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 3

Immediate family

Members
Carl J. Hammerlof (father)
Marie (Nelson) Hammerlof (mother)
Anna A. (Johnson) Hammerlof (wife)

More information

Bertil E. Hammerlof was an auditor for the WBZ radiostation.

He enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 5 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Clark Elmer Family Tree, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - Sue Downhill, The Boston Globe - 2 February 1945